kartik said:
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Classroom environment.. baah... Ask my friends and they would tell you what classroom environment is for

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A person who wants to do something desperately will create his own environment.
For strategies..as I said... you cannot expect a pattern or foretell the test.. so classes cant teach you any. (Ref: CAT 2005 paper, 90 q's wonly)
I never paid attention in school.. classes were a hub to socialise when i was in my teens... I studied on my own terms.. what i wanted to.. when i wanted to ... and the way i wanted to ...
To sum it up ...For guyz who have a attitude like mine.. dont do classes.. experience speaks
For the rest... gaurav bhaiya will share his experiences
Mere bhai, why does ur post seem to be ur own experience and not a general overview of the scenerio..
Intelligent ppl like u might bunk classes and create ur own institutions, but that doesn't change the fact, that the lesser mortals need to study and need some guiding factor. Nowhere have i said that anything is absolutely necessary, but we are looking for an optimal solution. There are people who crack CAT without coaching classes too... but their calibre is different. They have the proper discipline to do what it takes, but for the rest of us, we need to be told and made to work. True! we r not the best, yet if we get a proper guidance, we can become the best!!
kartik said:
For strategies..as I said... you cannot expect a pattern or foretell the test.. so classes cant teach you any. (Ref: CAT 2005 paper, 90 q's wonly)
yeah! no one for tells them... they only predicts them from their experience. They do make u prepare for the worst. It is only this is why, they are the teachers... Do u expect everyone amongst us to be Eklavya?? No siree, we are ordinary mortals, only!! <b>
kartik said:
I never paid attention in school.. classes were a hub to socialise when i was in my teens... I studied on my own terms.. what i wanted to.. when i wanted to ... and the way i wanted to ... To sum it up ...For guyz who have a attitude like mine.. dont do classes.. experience speaks
As i said b4, u probably don't need classes, and u might be comfortable studying on ur own... but people who decide upon MBA don't even know the abc of CAT. So, how do u expect them to gather all this intricate info. If nothing at all, coaching institutes, help u to give u all bits and bytes together, give u good study material and then u can discuss them. U get to form a good group. Obviously, u may not know many people, but once u start going to classes, u will find many people close to ur intellect, who would be willing to do group studies... and this is not it. They help u prepare for gds and interviews later on. So any examination, u need a group. If u are able to form a group, then its fine... but do u think, i can form a group as such.. But when i'm going to a coaching class, this is another factor, which would be helping.. i.e. i can easily form a group among the people who would be staying near my place...
I will say again... coaching classes don't assure u a seat in IIMs.. but they do act as catalysts for u to prepare well. Its upto u whether u can reap the benefits they offer.. Regards, Gaurav